The ceremony for the prestigious prize – which offers a £20,000 award to the winning artist – will take place at Paisley Town Hall on September 6. The 2017 award was won by Sacred Paws for their record ‘Strike a Match’.

The announcement of the longlist of nominees for the 2018 Scottish Album of the Year has now been made, with a panel of 100 judges now tasked with shortening the list down to just nine final nominees – with one further nominee then being determined by public vote.

Mogwai (Picture: Brian Sweeney)

The aforementioned likes of Franz Ferdinand and Young Fathers have been nominated for their respective albums ‘Always Ascending’ and ‘Cocoa Sugar’, while Mogwai, Catholic Action and BABE are also included.

You can see the full longlist of nominees for the 2018 Scottish Album of the Year below.